By Amy Rachiele, M.Ed., Indie Author
The survival genre manifests a deep concern for our own ability to exist in a world that is free of technology and/or infested with an unknown we cannot control. Government, morality, or even ourselves are replaced with Maslow’s fundamental principles of needs, climbing only the first and second tier every day. This genre creates a sharp look into a savage existence in which the most fearful predators are other people.
Knowledge is a key ingredient for traversing a foreign society that rises up from destruction. What never changes and can never be defeated are the innate qualities that rear their heads; greed, malice, and lust for power. These traits surface and complicate the most basic task of finding food.
The ultimate question that survival horror poses is, “Would you survive?” And that promotes supplemental questions of what you are willing to do, what ethics would or could you sacrifice, and what lengths would you go to? It is easy to ask these questions when not faced with the situation, and only looking at it through the fictional eyes of survival horror writers.
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